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Clinical Apollo Consultants’
2019 Telemedicine CSR Academics Recognition Research
Excellence Homecare Achievements

Success story- From sufferer to change agent

Mrs. V, a middle-aged woman Yoga instructor in the
project has her own story to tell of suffering, conviction
and propagation. While trying to meet both ends meet at
the domestic front, she developed back pain in course of
time. The intense pain made her sitting physical postures
difficult. Being a woman from a traditional Indian family,
she could not afford to lie down all the time since she was
expected to perform household duties without fail. While
in the quest of finding possible remedies to the suffering,
she was drawn towards Apollo Total Health project and
joined the Yoga classes in 2015. Within a short span of
three months, she was relieved of her pain. This was the
beginning of a new chapter in her life. Not with standing
the domestic pressures, she joined the certificate course in
Yoga offered by the institution. After its successful
completion, she was employed as Yoga instructor. Since

June 2015, she has been on the job. Today she propagates
the importance of Yoga as a remedy for many physical
ailments and conducts classes for women, pregnant and Chairman Dr Pratap C. Reddy distributing prizes to the winners
lactating mothers and school children. With satisfaction of sports events, at Aragonda
writ large on her face, she informs that Yoga is a medical Infrastructure Development
remedy for many ailments and social remedy for the
Total Health has contributed in the following
general wellbeing of all ordinary humans. infrastructure development:

Clean Drinking Water
Sports
Complementing the State Government, Total Health
initiated provision of safe and potable drinking water
Sports are an integral part of education and a means to
in adequate quantity with easy access in areas where
achieve physical and mental health for the youth. Also
it helps to bring about life style changes in adults the facilities were either lacking or inadequate.
especially those with NCDs and those at risk. With the In association with gram panchayats (GPs) and the
concept of “bringing people together for creating a community, Total Health invested in nine water plants.
better tomorrow through sports”, Total Health has Two models–Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Rapid Sand
invested on organizing rural sports meets in the Filtration Water Plants (RSF) have been installed by
Mandal. Total Health.

A card system has been introduced and issued to
It has organized “Padma Vibhushan Dr P C Reddy those who wish to obtain water from the plant. In the
Open Cricket Tournament”; and “Open Volley Ball community operated model, the coin-operated
Tournament”. machine which has been introduced.

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